View Poll Results: Which is more marketable 737 or Airbus type?
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Boeing or Airbus type?
#31
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Joined APC: Aug 2007
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^ This.
There is also data that some new-hires struggle through training learning certain flows or procedures that are specific to the airline....even if they’re type rated on the same airplane. They start with the excuses after they start struggling....”well at my previous airline, we did it like this.” Before you know it they fail training.
#33
Either way I face the same challenge. The ONLY difference is that I am doing it on my own vers doing it through an employer. It's still the same check ride and I can focus on just learning the airplane rather than a specific airlines way of doing things. Then once I have the type it's just a matter of learning how to do it the way the airline wants me to. I'll already know all the systems and have passed the check ride making the employment training fairly simple.
#34
^ This.
There is also data that some new-hires struggle through training learning certain flows or procedures that are specific to the airline....even if they’re type rated on the same airplane. They start with the excuses after they start struggling....”well at my previous airline, we did it like this.” Before you know it they fail training.
There is also data that some new-hires struggle through training learning certain flows or procedures that are specific to the airline....even if they’re type rated on the same airplane. They start with the excuses after they start struggling....”well at my previous airline, we did it like this.” Before you know it they fail training.
To suggest I would fail training "because" I didn't get my type through an airline paid program is the very definition of a red herring. Once I hire on with a employer I would still get the exact same training that any other candidate would get, I just hopefully already have the type. That makes airline specific training much easier once I get to that point.
#35
Here's something no one has offered yet...
Get one that has the easiest QOL while you're doing it.
Which one takes the shortest time to complete? (The most self-study at home means less time in the training facility.)
Which can you get in the city where you live? Or a city within driving distance, so you at least have a car while you're away?
Which has the cheapest hotels nearby if you have to pay your own lodging? (Or even family or friends you can crash with?)
Everything else being neutral, that's what I'd look at.
Get one that has the easiest QOL while you're doing it.
Which one takes the shortest time to complete? (The most self-study at home means less time in the training facility.)
Which can you get in the city where you live? Or a city within driving distance, so you at least have a car while you're away?
Which has the cheapest hotels nearby if you have to pay your own lodging? (Or even family or friends you can crash with?)
Everything else being neutral, that's what I'd look at.
#36
New Hire
Joined APC: Sep 2017
Posts: 6
Airbus. There is a different philosophy in this plane and I’ve seen some new guys really struggle to get it. If you end up working for someone that flies them, indoc will just be a review. I agree that it probably won’t help you land the job, but training will be less stressful. Good luck wherever you end up.
#37
Airbus. There is a different philosophy in this plane and I’ve seen some new guys really struggle to get it. If you end up working for someone that flies them, indoc will just be a review. I agree that it probably won’t help you land the job, but training will be less stressful. Good luck wherever you end up.
You're not the first to say the Airbus is harder to learn so that might be the way to go (provided I don't go with the DC-3 option).
#38
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Joined APC: Dec 2006
Position: 737 FO
Posts: 2,370
Again, this is a leap of logic not even core to the question. One could argue, and I am, that one would face the same struggles through employer provided training. The difference is doing it on my own is easier with less to learn vers all the stuff crammed down your throat during indoc and flight training.
To suggest I would fail training "because" I didn't get my type through an airline paid program is the very definition of a red herring. Once I hire on with a employer I would still get the exact same training that any other candidate would get, I just hopefully already have the type. That makes airline specific training much easier once I get to that point.
To suggest I would fail training "because" I didn't get my type through an airline paid program is the very definition of a red herring. Once I hire on with a employer I would still get the exact same training that any other candidate would get, I just hopefully already have the type. That makes airline specific training much easier once I get to that point.
#39
I'd say that the A320 logic is the most intuitive and simple to learn Flight Control Panel. It's simply a push or pull system. I'd recommend learning the intricacies of the Boeing logic and then being able to easily adjust to Airbus if/when you're given the opportunity. Just my humble opinion.
#40
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Joined APC: Nov 2014
Position: B787 FO
Posts: 294
Without actual time in the aircraft, either type rating will be meaningless, and could be an actual liability if you’re asked about it in a future interview....someone who has thousands of hours in it might ask you a simple question, and being unable to answer it would paint you in a negative light.
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